In a pilot project, 20 Woolworths stores are offering to swap a jeans discount voucher for customers’ worn denim garments, which will be donated to a group of seamstresses for upcycling into bags, toys, cushions and more, writes Wendy Knowler.
Households could see an electricity hike as much as 44% next year, and even if Eskom doesn’t get the tariff hike it seeks, taxpayers will still foot the bill for bailouts the power utility needs, says an analyst.
Women from three towns in the Eastern Cape collect scrap metals from their rural areas and towns, travel more than 400km to Durban to sell it, and then return to reinvest the money in setting up small businesses.
South African farmers are expected to harvest 22% less maize in the 2023/2024 season compared with the previous one, the government’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Thursday.
Eskom has built a short stretch of road using residue from coal-fired power stations in a bid to reduce the cost associated with legacy ash management and drive down the carbon emissions of road construction.
In the form of bottles, tyres, packaging and piping, millions of tonnes of plastic waste are dumped every year in the world’s waterways, often ending up in the oceans.
Rescuers combed the debris-strewn banks of a river in central Japan, searching for drowning victims after homes were swept away in flooding and landslides that claimed at least seven lives.
The world remains far off track in tackling climate crisis, but the UN voiced hope that artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies will help address the towering challenges.
A humble but extremely environmentally friendly and child-safe bleach bottle won Shoprite and its recycling and packaging partners the top award at the SA Plastics Recycling Organisation’s Best Recycled Products awards.
An unprecedented heat wave across South Korea has driven up the price of cabbages, with the vegetable used in the famed national dish kimchi surging by nearly 70% year-on-year.
Eskom and Sasol have entered into a new agreement which sees the country’s two industrial giants work together to secure gas, ahead of a supply crisis and reduce emissions to meet climate commitments.
The Czech government said it endorsed Britain’s Rolls-Royce as a partner for the state-owned power group CEZ to develop small modular nuclear reactors.